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TallMomof2 · 01-16-2008, 09:59 PM

I've been massaging a number of .prc and .mobi files for my Kindle using tompe's mobiperl programs. Using mobi2mobi I've found quite a few files that do not have the EXTH record and you cannot add author names. You think that the title has been changed but once the file is on the Kindle you can see the title has not been changed and the author's name is not there.

My solution has been to redownload the files as .lit when possible and use lit2mobi. The titles are changed and you can add the author because the EXTH record is created when the .lit is converted to .mobi

I'm no programmer but this is what I've observed.

01-16-2008, 09:59 PM	#20
TallMomof2 Kindlephilia Posts: 2,017 Karma: 1139255 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Snowpacolypse 2010 Device: Too many to count	I've been massaging a number of .prc and .mobi files for my Kindle using tompe's mobiperl programs. Using mobi2mobi I've found quite a few files that do not have the EXTH record and you cannot add author names. You think that the title has been changed but once the file is on the Kindle you can see the title has not been changed and the author's name is not there. My solution has been to redownload the files as .lit when possible and use lit2mobi. The titles are changed and you can add the author because the EXTH record is created when the .lit is converted to .mobi I'm no programmer but this is what I've observed.